On „Man’s Search for Meaning”, a book by Viktor Frankl

I finished reading „Man’s Search for Meaning”: Frankl, Viktor E., Winslade, William J., Kushner, Harold S. Thoughts? (with spoilers!)

  • At first, when I started reading the book, it all seemed like a recollection of things in concentration camps. It was an Ok reading, but I didn’t enjoy it all that much.
  • The second part of the book, in which the author, a psychiatrist, provides his philosophy of life, and his solutions to life’s problems via logotherapy – that was gold.
  • The book was easy to read, not very hard words, I’ve read it in English, on my Kindle Paperwhite.
  • The author seemed to be very smart, capable of choosing the right answer a lot of the time.
  • It’s a hard-to-read book, but I’d wholeheartedly recommend it to others.
  • It was useful to see what other readers have selected as preferred passages from the book.
  • I gave the book a 5/5 rating.

I especially liked (via »):

Frankl cites two neurotic pathogens: hyper-intention, a forced intention toward some end which makes that end unattainable; and hyper-reflection, an excessive attention to oneself which stifles attempts to avoid the neurosis to which one thinks oneself predisposed. Frankl identified anticipatory anxiety, a fear of a given outcome which makes that outcome more likely. To relieve the anticipatory anxiety and treat the resulting neuroses, logotherapy offers paradoxical intention, wherein the patient intends to do the opposite of their hyper-intended goal.

A person, then, who fears (i.e. experiences anticipatory anxiety over) not getting a good night’s sleep may try too hard (that is, hyper-intend) to fall asleep, and this would hinder their ability to do so. A logotherapist would recommend, then, that the person go to bed and intentionally try not to fall asleep. This would relieve the anticipatory anxiety which kept the person awake in the first place, thus allowing them to fall asleep in an acceptable amount of time.[3]

Man's Search for Meaning: Frankl, Viktor E., Winslade, William J., Kushner, Harold S.: 8580001069371: Amazon.com: Books
Man’s Search for Meaning: Frankl, Viktor E., Winslade, William J., Kushner, Harold S.: 8580001069371: Amazon.com: Books https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X

PS, 2021.01.01: Ask Yourself These Questions to Find Meaning and Purpose.

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